Review – The Other Boleyn Girl

Who knew there was an intersection between Masterpiece Theatre and Jerry Springer? Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, expensive costumes and gold-filtered lighting combine to make this a very pretty movie. Visual appeal aside, however, this picture portrays Anne Boleyn as a scheming tart from ye olde trailer park who schemes to bring about the Protestant Reformation just to get back at her sister for beating her in the race for Henry 8’s bed. The movie attempts to make a point about the evils of a society that forces women to use their sexuality in order to gain power over men. But then the only character who gets a happy ending is the only woman who meekly submits to the whims of men without a single complaint. Sexual politics aside, however, this is entertaining in a “yo monarch nasty” sort of way. Mildly amusing